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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1915
Page
10
Providence December 5 Brown football, despite cold and snow, continues hard practice for the Washington State College game. Archie Hahn, new track coach, leads the second team teaching the style of the Washington eleven.
Hahan formerly Whitman athletic director notes Washington State beat Brown by a small margin recently and predicts Brown will face Carlisle style play. He cites Lonestar Carlisle as familiar with Washington setup and expects Brown and Washington to be evenly matched in Pasadena. Brown plans two stopovers en route and potential workouts during travel.
Fred Merkle Giants first baseman shows improved batting after applying golf follow through. He hit .299 this season and reduced strikeouts from 80 in 1914 to 39 in 1915. The technique reportedly helped his consistency and power at the plate.
A statistician proposes obtaining Chick Gandil for Cleveland to deny him batting against the Indians. Gandil batted .364 against Lee Fohl's pitchers last season, about 10 percent higher than his totals versus other teams.
In Florida Larry Doyle is praised as the top hitter in the National League. In New York, bets amounting to thousands have shifted toward Doyle’s supporters, leaving those who backed Luderua Daubert and others to cover losses and buy wine.
Official records list NL pitchers with fifteen or more games in 1915. Earned runs are charged except for fielding errors and passed balls. no runs after the defense retires the side. The ratio uses earned runs per nine innings to gauge effectiveness.
Massachusetts High School Masters Club proposes uniform eligibility rules for interscholastic sports. A secretary led committee seeks principals’ input on four year participation limits and physician fitness certificates to curb unfit players and ringers.
Discarded towns in the Three I conference dismantle facilities as Springfield and Decatur relocate parks. Danville sheds its former Three I home for lumber and nails while cities prepare to field league ball on municipal fields with no turn stiles.
Harvard's football team to be honored with a dinner at Copley Plaza Hotel on Tuesday evening December 21 at 6 45. The event is open to non members as applications with 4 50 payment go to Sidney Curtis. Dean Briggs may preside. Committee includes Bertram Waters Bernard Trafford William Edmunds Sidney Curtis Robert Benchley.
At midnight 17 teams began the 23rd annual six day race at Madison Square Garden. Hill and Grenda led after the first mile in 2 minutes 17 seconds. Suspended riders from recent Chicago and Boston events are barred. Teams include Hill and Grenda of Boston Australia duo Grenda, McNamara Spears, Eggs Dupuy, Magin Lawrence, Thomas Ryan, Kopsky Wohlrad, Hansen Mitten, Sullivan Anderson Moran Watson, Pierce Walker, Drobach Corry, Suter Madonna, Fogler Carman, Ruddi-Russo Linart Hanley Halstead Seres Linart and others from multiple countries.
The page lists a packed opera program with Rigoletto and Otello plus multiple titles and performers. Names like Sehmbt, Hallet Russe, and various conductors appear amid a long list of works and venues with prices and dates.
Cincinnati December report claims Charles Herzog will not manage the Reds next season as players rebel over his temper and disciplinary methods. They refuse to sign contracts without a confirmed successor and blame Herzog for Marians joining the Federal League. A deposed Herzog would seek a transfer to a rival club, preferably Brooklyn.
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